Yes, I too encountered an old Bechstein upright with this "spring and loop" type arrangement in addition to the normal jack spring. I posted to the list about it - a couple of years ago - and someone on the list gave the right name for this. Which, naturally, I have forgotten..... Best regards, David Boyce. > The Swedish upright action must be a copy of the old Bechstein upright > action. It looks identical to the 1904 Bechstein I have in the shop. > Those springs kind of get in the way as I recall. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110209/d29426fe/attachment.htm>
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